To understand, consider the case of Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks, the NBA’s purgatory. Nobody does purgatory like the Hawks. Literally. 15 times the past four seasons, an NBA team won 40-43 games.

The Portland Trail Blazers enter the Summer of 2025 looking to improve their roster, continuing the rebuild they started a ...

The Portland Trail Blazers' 36-46 record and unexpected midseason turnaround were largely due to their improved defense. Post All-Star break, the Blazers had the second-best defensive rating (112.1) ...

The Portland Trail Blazers are searching for direction, in the midst of an extended rebuild which is starting to see them win ...

Apr 13, 2025; Portland, Oregon, USA; Portland Trail Blazers general manager Joe Cronin (left) and Trail Blazers’ head coach ...

The Pacers guard is considered the most overrated player in the NBA, according to a poll of anonymous players by The Athletic ...

Grant, 31, was acquired in 2022 to help Damian Lillard win in Rip City. A year later, Lillard was traded, leaving Grant as one of the team’s top players. He played well during a 21-61 season, shooting ...

Which players will receive awards like MVP and ROTY, as well as awarded All-NBA or All-Defense honors? Here is who the media ...

The All-Star dropped 43 points in that finale, connecting on seven 3-pointers to lock up the top spot by one single 3. It’s ...

Freed from a supporting role, Deni Avdija found his rhythm—and emerged as the Blazers’ most reliable force on both ends of ...

In NBA discourse, the term “underrated” is used so frequently that it has lost much of its meaning. Damian Lillard was long considered the NBA’s underrated star, even as he racked up All-NBA honors ...

Billups, since arriving in Portland, set out to reshape the team’s culture. That proved difficult to do with so much roster ...